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Dan Peters

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SOCIAL HOUSING

Home truths

By Dan Peters | 26 August 2023

Councils are struggling to meet the housing needs of both local families on waiting lists and ref...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Councils reject refugee housing fund

By Dan Peters | 25 August 2023

Tens of millions of pounds of a fund designed to support English councils to obtain housing for t...

WHITEHALL

Early intervention drive amid social housing repossessions

By Dan Peters | 25 August 2023

Councils with some of the highest relative rates of social landlord repossessions have described ...

PAY

Employers reject fresh unions' pay bid

By Dan Peters | 24 August 2023

Local government employers have knocked back a bid from the unions for an improved pay offer, ins...

WHITEHALL

Fresh calls to raise local housing allowance as councils battle homelessness

By Dan Peters | 23 August 2023

Fresh calls have been made for ministers to increase local housing allowance (LHA) after research...

PAY

'Mass exodus' claims at North Lincolnshire

By Martin Ford | 14 August 2023

North Lincolnshire Council is facing a ‘mass exodus’ of senior staff, opposition members have cla...

HEALTH

ICB cuts make 'no sense' - union

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2023

Planned cuts to Integrated Care Board (ICB) staffing levels that are likely to land councils with...

WHITEHALL

London Councils eyes call to axe social care precept

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2023

London Councils is preparing to call for the social care precept to be replaced with an ‘appropri...

WHITEHALL

Pearce renews prevention call amid CAMHS spiral

By Ann McGauran | 14 August 2023

England’s top director of children’s services has called for a greater focus on prevention amid s...

FINANCE

Rowley insists Oflog will not take over audit

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2023

A minister has been forced to clarify that Oflog is not attempting to replace the council audit s...

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